Loving the lagoon

Posted on Apr 10, 2012

Reading with your child

Posted on Apr 10, 2012

• If you travel, have your child research where you are going, list places of interest and facts about it, and map out the route.
• Try using a camera to record what you are doing and create your own personal video journal using Movie Maker!  It comes free with Service Pack 2 on all PCs or iMovie for Macs.
• Want to create something interesting?  Check out Google’s Sketchup!  You can create your own house or city.
• Wanting to travel the world but can’t get away?  Why not see where Google Earth can take you!  The National Geographic photographs and articles will keep you busy for weeks, not to mention looking at your own house from a satellite’s viewpoint!

Cooking with your child

Posted on Apr 10, 2012

Taking the time to cook with your kids can incorporate all elements of the curriculum.  Reading the recipes build reading skills and comprehension, measuring out the ingredients is math, the blending and creating of the ingredients is science, the origin of the ingredients is social studies and the nutrients of the final items are health.  Not to mention just having fun spending time creating something with your child.  LWPE would like to share some of their favorite recipes (or some that we thought you might like) with you.  Try a few, share some, and enjoy creating some with your kids.  If you have a recipe you would like to share please send it to me at Smith1S@stlucie.k12.fl.us.